Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

The Dhamma unfolds in accordance with a definite sequence: faith, virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, and insight.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

All that appears and exists, all of samsara and nirvana, has one ground, two paths, and two results. This is the magical display of awareness and unawareness.

The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

The only thing that we truly have control over is our attitude toward experience.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

Generosity generates its own enthusiasm. We don't have to force ourselves to be generous; we just need to start.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help.